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Book Reading List
Essenes - Dead Sea Scrolls - Kabbalah - Gnostic
(Compiled by Cosmeta)

The study of Early Christianity is a fascinating one to be sure. Yet in order to understand our Christian religion we must also explore the rich history and legends surrounding our Judaic counterparts because therein lies many of our answers to understanding the life and times of Jesus and how Christianity got its earliest beginnings. A good place to start is with the Essenes, the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Nag Hammadi Library, as well as the Gnostic and Kabbalistic writings handed down to us through historical tradition.



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*A*

Adam Eve. and the Serpent
by Elaine Pagels
Vintage Books
A Division of Random House, Inc
New York
1988, 1989



Apollonivs Of Tyana
The Philosopher Explorer
And Social Reformer Of
The First Century AD.
by G.R.S. Mead
Ares Publishers, Inc
Chicago - MCMLXXX
Exact Reprint of the Edition
London 1901



*B*

The Keys Of Enoch
The Book Of Knowlege
A Teaching Given On Seven Levels
To Be Read and Visualized
In Preparation for the Brotherhood
of Light
To Be Delivered for the quickening of the
"People of Light"
by J.J. Hurtak
The Academy for Future Science



*C*

Classic Hassidic Tales
by Meyer Levin
Marvellous Tales Of Rabbi Israel
Baal Shem And Of His Great-Grandson,
Rabbi Nachman, Retold From Hewbrew,
Yiddish, Yiddish And German Sources
by
Meyer Levin
Illustrated By Marek Szwarc
Dorset Press - New York
1931, 1959, Meyer Levin
1985. Dorset Press



Colour And The Kabbalah
by Doreen and James Sturzaker
Samuel Weiser Inc
1975



*D*

The Dead Sea Scriptures
With Introduction and Notes
by Theodor H. Gaster
In English Translation
Third Revised
And Enlarged Edition
Anchor Press/Doubleday
Garden City, New York
1956, 1964, 1976



*E*

THE ESSENES:  Their History and Doctrines
THE KABBALAH: Its Doctrines, Development and Literature
Two Essays by Christian D. Ginsburg
Routledge & Kegan Paul London
First Published, 1863, 1925
Reprint, 1974



The Essene Odyssey
The Mystery of the True Teacher
& the Essene Impact on the shaping
of Human Destiny
by Hugh J. Schonfield
Element Books
First Published in Great Britain
1984, 1985



Early Arianism
A View Of Salvation
by Robert C. Gregg
and Dennis E. Groh
Fortress Press - Philadelphiia
1981



The Eleusinian
and
Bacchic Mysteries.
A Dissertation.
by Thomas Taylor
Translator Of
"Plato" "Plotinus" "Iamblichus"
"Proclus" "Aristotle" Etc. Etc.
Third Edition
Edited
With Introduction, Notes,
Emendations, And Glossary
by Alexander Wilder, M.D.
PRS
New York:
J.W. Bouton
706 Broadway
1875



*F*

Fragments Of A Faith Forgotten
Some Short Sketches Among The
Gnostics Mainly Of The First Two
Centuries--A Contribution To The
Study Of Christian Origins Based
On The Most Recently Recovered
Materials--By G.R.S. Mead
_______________
Second Edition
_______________
London and Benares
Theosophical Publishing Society
1906



*G*

The Gospel Of The Essenes
The Unknown Books of the Essenes
& Lost Scrolls of the Essene Brotherhood
Translated from the Original Hewbrew and
Aramaic Texts
by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely
Saffron Waldon
The C.W. Daniel Co. LTD
Copyright, 1974



The Golem
As Told By Elie Wiesel
And Illustrated by Mark Podwal
Translated by Anne Borchardt
Summit Books - New York
1983



The Gnostic Gospels
by Elaine Pagels
Vintage Books
A Division of Random House
New York
1979, 1981



GNOSIS: The Nature & History of Gnosticism
by Kurt Rudolph
Translation edited by
Robert McLachlan Wilson
Harper & Row, Publishers
San Francisco
1977, 1987



Gnosticism: Its History and Influence
by Benjamin Walker
A concise survey of gnostic thought from
its pre-Christian origins to its modern
manifestations.
The Aquarian Press
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire



The Gnostic Religion
by Hans Jonas
The message of the alien God
and the beginnings of Christianity
Second editon, revised & enlarged
Beacon Press - Boston
1958



*H*



*I*



*J*

The Jewish Book Of WHY
The First Book
by Alred J. Holatch
JD - Jonathan David Publishers, Inc
1981



The Jewish Book Of WHY
The Second Book
by Alred J. Holatch
JD - Jonathan David Publishers, Inc
1985



*K*

The Keys Of Enoch
The Book Of Knowlege
A Teaching Given On Seven Levels
To Be Read and Visualized
In Preparation for the Brotherhood
of Light
To Be Delivered for the quickening of the
"People of Light"
by J.J. Hurtak
The Academy for Future Science



Kabbalah
Gershom Scholem
A Difinitive History Of The
Evolution, Ideas, Leading Figures
And Extraordinary Influence of
Jewish Mysticm..."This Book is
Unsurpassed.!" --St. Louis
Post-Dispatch
A Meridian Book
New American Library
New York and Scarborough, Ontario
Copyright 1974, Keter Publishing House
Jerusalem Ltd.



The Kabbalah Unveiled
Translated by S.L. MacGregor Mathers
from the Latin 'Kabbala Denudata'
____________________
Containing the following Books of the Zohar
The Book Of Concealed Mystery
The Greater Holy Assembly
The Lesser Holy Assembly
_______________
Translated into English from the Latin
version of Knorr von Rosenroth, and
collated with the original Chaldee
and Hewbrew text.
by S.L. MacGregor Mathers
Samuel Weiser, Inc.
York Beach, Maine
First American edition, 1968



The Kabbalah And Jewish Mysticism
by Israel Gutwirth
____________
Prefaces
by Chief Rabbi
Ovadia Yosef of Isreal
and
Israeli Interior Minister
Dr. Yosef Burg
Philosophical Library
1987



*L*

The Lost Gospel
The Book of Q
& Christian Origins
by Burton L. Mack
"Could bring about a rethinking
of the origins of Christianity"
-- Publishers Weekly
HarperSanFrancisco
A Division of HarperCollinsPublishers
1993



*M*

Mystical Qabalah
by Dion Fortune
Samuel Weiser, Inc.
York Beach, Maine
1935



The Mystery Of The Dead Sea Scrolls Revealed
Illustrated
by John Allegro
Gramercy Publishingn Company
New York
1956, 1981



Mithras
The Fellow In The Cap
by Esme' Wynne-Tyson
Centaur Press LTD
1958, 1972



*N*



*O*



*P*

The Prophet
of the
Dead
Sea Scrolls
The Essenes and the Early Christians--
One and the Same People.
Their Seven Devout Practices
by Upton Clary Ewing
1993



*Q*



*R*



*S*

The Second Jewish Book Of WHY
by Alred J. Holatch
JD - Jonathan David Publishers, Inc
1985



The Secret Books Of
The Egyptian Gnostics
An Introduction to the Gnostic Coptic
manuscripts discoverd at Chenoboskion
____________
by Jean Doresse
AMS Press - New York
1958, 1959, 1960



*T*



*U*



*V*



*W*

The Way Of The Essenes
Christ's Hidden Life Remembered
by Anne and Daniel Meurois-Givaudan
Destiny Books
Copyright 1993



The Way To The Kingdom
By the author of
The Impesonal Life
The Teacher,
Wealth,
Brotherhood,
The Way Out,
The Way Beyond
Joseph S. Benner
____________
DEVOSS Publications
1932



*X*



*Y*



*Z*

Zohar
The Book Of Enlightenment
Moses de Leon
Late 13th Century
____________________
Translation And Introduction
by Daniel Chanan Matt
Preface by Arthur Green
____________________
The Classics of Western Spirituality
Copright 1983 by Daniel Chanan Matt
Paulist Press
New York - Ramsey - Toronto




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